Was Harlow’s Pit of Despair a scientific breakthrough or psychological torture? His infamous experiments involved placing monkeys in isolation chambers, causing extreme distress to study mental ...

This was powerfully demonstrated by Harry Harlow. (1) “The Pit of Despair” Harry Harlow was an internationally renowned psychologist who pioneered research in human maternal-infant bonding ...

Harlow explains in a 1971 study that monkeys subjected to the “pit of despair” for 30 days would not play, shied away from social interaction, and showed no signs of curiosity.

Harlow placed monkeys in a featureless, vertical isolation chamber that he called “the pit of despair” for a month. These monkeys would emerge psychologically ruined, unable to function in ...

Harry Harlow, né Israel (though Episcopalian, he changed his name because of anti-Semitism in academia), was the scientist made famous by “Mother Love,” a 1960 segment that aired on the CBS ...

Modern medicine is evolving in a dangerous direction with regard to patient care. The major, and often the only, factor in deciding to offer you a procedure or treatment is whether it’s covered ...